#Solution Architect Job

[fourteenfifteen]

people like to talk abt stem as being clinical and emotionless and spoiling the wonder of the world but working as an engineer has filled me with more wonder than ever i walk around all day going oh my god humans made this!!!

[kamalkafir-blog]

Director, Workiva Solutions Architect | Forensic & Litigation Consulting | Multiple Locations

Job title: Director, Workiva Solutions Architect | Forensic & Litigation Consulting | Multiple Locations Company: FTI Consulting Job description: Who We Are FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation… and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations. At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side… Expected…

[nikhilvaidyahrc]

Highest Paying IT Jobs in India in 2025: Roles, Skills & Salary Insights

Published by Prism HRC – Best IT Job Consulting Company in Mumbai

India's IT sector is booming in 2025, driven by digital transformation, the surge in AI and automation, and global demand for tech talent. Whether you're a fresher or a seasoned professional, knowing which roles pay the highest can help you strategize your career growth effectively.

This blog explores the highest-paying IT jobs in India in 2025, the skills required, average salary packages, and where to look for these opportunities.

Why IT Jobs Still Dominate in 2025

India continues to be a global IT hub, and with advancements in cloud computing, AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics, the demand for skilled professionals is soaring. The rise of remote work, startup ecosystems, and global freelancing platforms also contributes to higher paychecks.

1. AI/ML Engineer

Average Salary: ₹20–40 LPA

Skills Required:

Python, R, TensorFlow, PyTorch

Deep learning, NLP, computer vision

Strong statistics and linear algebra foundation

Why It Pays Well:

Companies are pouring investments into AI-powered solutions. From chatbots to autonomous vehicles and predictive analytics, AI specialists are indispensable.

2. Data Scientist

Average Salary: ₹15–35 LPA

Skills Required:

Python, R, SQL, Hadoop, Spark

Data visualization, predictive modelling

Statistical analysis and ML algorithms

Why It Pays Well:

Data drives business decisions, and those who can extract actionable insights are highly valued. Data scientists are among the most sought-after professionals globally.

3. Cybersecurity Architect

Average Salary: ₹18–32 LPA

Skills Required:

Network security, firewalls, encryption

Risk assessment, threat modelling

Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CEH

Why It Pays Well:

With rising cyber threats, data protection and infrastructure security are mission critical. Cybersecurity pros are no longer optional—they're essential.

4. Cloud Solutions Architect

Average Salary: ₹17–30 LPA

Skills Required:

AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud

Cloud infrastructure design, CI/CD pipelines

DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker

Why It Pays Well:

Cloud is the backbone of modern tech stacks. Enterprises migrating to the cloud need architects who can make that transition smooth and scalable.

5. Blockchain Developer

Average Salary: ₹14–28 LPA

Skills Required:

Solidity, Ethereum, Hyperledger

Cryptography, smart contracts

Decentralized app (dApp) development

Why It Pays Well:

Beyond crypto, blockchain has real-world applications in supply chain, healthcare, and fintech. With a limited talent pool, high salaries are inevitable.

6. Full Stack Developer

Average Salary: ₹12–25 LPA

Skills Required:

Front-end: React, Angular, HTML/CSS

Back-end: Node.js, Django, MongoDB

DevOps basics and API design

Why It Pays Well:

Full-stack developers are versatile. Startups and large companies love professionals who can handle both client and server-side tasks.

7. DevOps Engineer

Average Salary: ₹12–24 LPA

Skills Required:

Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions

Scripting languages (Bash, Python)

Why It Pays Well:

DevOps reduces time-to-market and improves reliability. Skilled engineers help streamline operations and bring agility to development.

8. Data Analyst (with advanced skillset)

Average Salary: ₹10–20 LPA

Skills Required:

SQL, Excel, Tableau, Power BI

Python/R for automation and machine learning

Business acumen and stakeholder communication

Why It Pays Well:

When paired with business thinking, data analysts become decision-makers, not just number crunchers. This hybrid skillset is in high demand.

9. Product Manager (Tech)

Average Salary: ₹18–35 LPA

Skills Required:

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Product lifecycle management

Technical understanding of software development

Why It Pays Well:

Tech product managers bridge the gap between engineering and business. If you have tech roots and leadership skills, this is your golden ticket.

Where are these jobs hiring?

Major IT hubs in India, such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, and NCR, remain the hotspots. Global firms and unicorn startups offer competitive packages.

Want to Land These Jobs?

Partner with leading IT job consulting platforms like Prism HRC, recognized among the best IT job recruitment agencies in Mumbai that match skilled candidates with high-growth companies.

How to Prepare for These Roles

Upskill Continuously: Leverage platforms like Coursera, Udemy, and DataCamp

Build a Portfolio: Showcase your projects on GitHub or a personal website

Certifications: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, and niche-specific credentials

Network Actively: Use LinkedIn, attend webinars, and engage in industry communities

Before you know

2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for tech careers in India. Whether you’re pivoting into IT or climbing the ladder, focus on roles that combine innovation, automation, and business value. With the right guidance and skillset, you can land a top-paying job that aligns with your goals.

Prism HRC can help you navigate this journey—connecting top IT talent with leading companies in India and beyond.

- Based in Gorai-2, Borivali West, Mumbai - www.prismhrc.com - Instagram: @jobssimplified - LinkedIn: Prism HRC

[martian-astro10]

Astrology observations - Part 4 (use whole signs)

🌟 Moon in 4th is one of my favourite placements. These people usually have a good career, like an emotionally fulfilling one. They won't stay in a job that doesn't make them happy. Their mom can help them choose a career or give them interview tips.

🏮Mars in 2nd house people are so lucky when it comes to earning money, it's like, they get a new money making opportunity just when they're on their last penny. They're also not afraid to get their hands dirty and are willing to do almost anything, very hard working people. They're also the ones managing all the money in their family.

🌟 Mercury in 8th house people are the ones with a "sexy brain" like the WAY their mind works, are so good at analysing arguments and coming up with the best possible solution. Good debating skills. These people have great manifestation skills, I have a list of 100 + incidents, it's honestly a little scary. Can also develop clairvoyant abilities if they work on it.

🏮I haven't met a single non religious, Sun in 9th house person in my life. Even if they're not that religious in their younger years, they will be when they get older. Always willing to help others even when they themselves are suffering, my mom has this, and.....it pisses me off so bad. The "put your own oxygen mask on first" advice is for you all. Stop helping people, be selfish, it's not your duty to make everyone else's life better. My mom doesn't listen, but maybe you all will.

🌟 Venus in 11th house is a placement that's really good from a business perspective. They're great at negotiations so that's helpful. They won't like doing a regular 9 to 5 job as it will suppress their freedom and creativity. They will open their own business pretty early on in life, in like late 20's or early 30's. Great architects and interior designers. I remember when I made the architecture and astrology post, a lot of people had this.

🏮I haven't seen anyone talk about this, but moon in 6th house people can be really good leaders, they're very helpful and kind and their ability to understand emotions makes them extremely likable. They have more of a people oriented leadership style. They focus on building strong relationship with their group members or employees. Also, why are you all always sick 😭? Prone to anxiety and stress and this leads to body pain and digestive issues. Please put your health first.

🌟 It's really funny how ALL my friends, every single one, has Venus in 1st. I would say that rather than us being pretty, we're just very likable. Even if they're introvert or shy, they have a communication style that makes other people want to talk to them. It's just an aura thing, tbh. Also, they're huge people pleasers and will do their best not to offend anyone, like even if a person is being annoying, they won't say anything. (Mars in 1st can change this)

🏮 Jupiter in 2nd house is not good for marriage but great for career and friendships. I know people with this who are still in contact with their pre school friends. Their friends will help them in their career as well. They're intelligent but they think they're not, and this makes them lose a lot of opportunities. Need to have a little bit of courage to succeed in life.

🌟 Sun in 12th house people probably had a painful childhood (more so than others), if mercury is with sun in 12th, then they write poems to express this pain. They're good writers, and can be lyricists, authors, script/play writers, etc. these people are physically weak. Might also not know who they are, as in, not aware of their own personality traits.

🏮Saturn in 12th house people lack confidence when they're young, but become more confident as they get older and learn to get out of their comfort zone. These people have better luck outside of their homeland. This is a good placement if you want to become a psychologist as it gives you the ability to properly analyse those with mental disorders. They also look aloof most of the time. This is another placement that is good in terms of writing skills, many famous authors have this (those who write sad stuff)

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[nikoniclove]

Strip club anon here. I’d absolutely love to hear the story, that sounds incredibly awkward but I hope it wasn’t too uncomfortable. I think the strip club they have in mind is a straight club given they’re all straight and I’m not (I’m lesbian). Two of them are dating and the other one is married so not only am I the youngest of the group I’m also the only one that’s single.

I work for a SaaS company as a solution architect. The company started abroad, and in the US, we’re all pretty remote or hybrid (half the week from home, half the week in the office). Twice a year we all travel into one of the cities. It’s usually a couple days of intense 7-8 hours of workshops and cross-functional meetings. There’s always a company-wide social event, and then there’s always a department-role specific social event. Usually those are very drink-y. Given the industry I’m in, I’m usually the only woman at my role level, so I’ve gotten decently good at playing a boy’s game, so to speak.

Anyway.

Summer in-person meeting. I did client work from 7:30 am to 9 am. Led the workshop for ~ 35 people from 9 am - 4 pm with only a 35 minute break. Then had to host the department-role specific social event and be extroverted and all of that. So long day of masking, being on and work focused, and just generally mentally draining.

So there were drinks. (My tolerance is stupidly high, and I’m very coherent drunk. No idea why. Anyway.)

Drinks with most of our team dwindled to 6-7 of us, then to 4. At which point it was about 2:30 in the morning. I was drunk enough that getting into an uber by myself at that time of a day in a part of that city I didn’t know going to a hotel I didn’t know was not a physically safe choice. So when the three male coworkers I was with decided to go to a strip club, my choices were physically safe and awkward with them or potentially physically unsafe and slightly less awkward.

I’m always going with physical safety.

These three guys range in age from mid 20s probably to early 50s. Two of them are single. One of them is divorced and dating again. And I’m on the husband + girlfriend way of life.

Here are my strip club observations in no particular order.

1) I’m really awkward so I had no idea where to look. It felt disrespectful to be watching them (even though I know logically that is the point of that job). So I looked at the floor or ceiling. Definitely didn’t look at my coworkers.

2) I sat on my hands after one of the women took my coworker’s hands and put them on her body, and that’s a lot of touch that’s not for me.

3) I kept asking the women dancing if they felt comfortable and/or respected because again I’m awkward as fuck.

4) my body was physically safe, and my girl can vouch because I was spastically texting her most of the time freaking out.

Fun fact. I texted her “I think I’m in a strip club” at roughly 2:30-3 in the morning, and her response was “you think?”

5) a very nice dancer noticed I was out of my comfort zone and took me back to a quiet private-ish area while I emphatically insisted I didn’t want a dance. She just shifted me some place quieter so I could have a breather out of the main area.

I think had I been with my partner(s) I would have been less awkward and felt a bit freer to pick up on things I might have enjoyed. I’d also want to go when I wasn’t mentally drained from a long, taxing work day full of extroverting.

This is the only strip club I’ve been to, so take it with a grain of salt, but this felt like a very hetero boy activity. It’s all very very much designed to appeal to men. If I ever end up in a strip club again, I’m going to make sure it’s a queer one or a queer community first and foremost.

It was an interesting experience that I do not want to repeat but for having done it, I was as safe as I could have been and it will make for an interesting story, so I’ll take it.

Also my girl definitely kept me afloat while I was there, so highly recommend having someone, anyone, you trust who you can lean into as you process realtime. Great if that’s someone you’re physically with at the strip club, but having her available and in my phone was just about the only reason I didn’t fully melt into my own awkward ness or burst into flames.

Just because I’m truly smitten with two different people in many different ways, at one point, I texted her and said something along the lines of “They’re all very pretty but they’re not you and they’re not Husband… well not Husband because they’re ladies… anyway… I don’t know where to look, so the floor is good… but I can imagine how gross the floor is… and I really only want you in any capacity like this… and gahhhhh I don’t want to be here.”

So Strip Club Anon, I have no good answer for you. It’s an experience. I was physically safe. I would not do it again exactly as I did it, but it was a calculated risk that pushed me out of my comfort zone, so all in all, I don’t regret it.

[idyllic-affections]

i’m thinking about kaveh first dropping off his kid in ghandarva ville. he did a good job explaining to them that he’ll be back before they know it and that he’ll alway be there for them. before he leaves he feels little hands clutching onto his leg as they just whisper “you promise you’re gonna come back? you won’t leave me, right? you promise you won’t leave me?”

i'll be back.

summary. kaveh finds the strength to leave his child in gandharva ville.

trigger & content warnings. fear of abandonment, references to kaveh's backstory.

tropes, pairings, fic length, & other notes. comfort, soft angst. adoptive dad!kaveh & child!reader. 0.9k words. they/them pronouns for reader.

author's thoughts. wow you just woke up today and chose gentle violence huh anon /LH i love soft angst. hard angst? yeah, it definitely hurts, but soft angst like this? idk. it hits different sometimes!!!

kaveh did not want to resort to this. he didn't.

the architect truly, sincerely had tried his very best to think of any alternate solutions—maybe he could convince alhaitham to give [name] a chance? no, caring for a child he impulsively decided to pick up off the streets isn't his roommate's responsibility and it really never would be unless the scribe himself decided to take it on, but some people have spontaneous changes of heart! why would alhaitham be any different?

(unfortunately, said man was not going to budge anytime soon. a child would disrupt the comfortable life he had put so much effort into building. kaveh had no choice but to accept that fact. well, really, he knew from the beginning! he was just hoping alhaitham might change.)

in the end, he managed to come up with nothing. he could not think of a single good or attainable option that would allow him to keep them. as much as he hated to admit it, only alhaitham's solution was a viable and reasonable one.

so, here he is, standing in front of tighnari's home in gandharva ville motionlessly with his child held securely in his arms. there were no words in any language that kaveh knew of that could describe what he was feeling. he wordlessly rubs soothing circles on their back.

the silence is impossibly loud.

tighnari does not rush him. he does not so much as even think of complaining. he simply waits quietly with collei at his side, the girl bouncing on her heels slightly in a nervous fidget. she wants to be a good caretaker to [name]; tighnari knows the prospect alone of having to care for them is making her nervous.

kaveh's slightly wavering voice finally breaks the silence:

"you know why i have to leave you here, right?"

they nod quietly, little hands clenched in fists raising up to rub at their watery eyes with their palms—they hope it looks like they're tired and not like they're about to cry, which they are. they hope he doesn't know they're about to cry. they hope he just thinks they're tired from the long journey. they hope he doesn't know the truth.

kaveh knows, of course.

he doesn't say anything about it, though, and only tries to swallow back his own emotions. he tries his best to repress the nauseous feeling stirring in his gut. he tries his best to repress the crawling of his skin. he tries his best to repress the thoughts that this is so impossibly wrong, so impossibly cruel of him.

he hasn't known this child for long, but...

he felt like he was abandoning them.

he felt like he was abandoning his flesh and blood.

absentmindedly, kaveh wondered if this was how his mother felt when she left to fontaine. he hopes not. this feeling is vile. he wouldn't wish it upon his worst enemy.

"and you also know that i'm going to come back all the time to see you, right? and i'm always going to be here if you need me?"

their voice cracks slightly. "yeah."

it's not at all that kaveh doesn't trust tighnari and collei; he does, and he knows they'll take good care of [name], but... still. he wants to be the one taking care of them. he wants to keep them.

he can't.

kaveh then kneels down, and their heart sinks in to the pit of their stomach, despite the fact that they already knew this was inevitably going to happen. just as they dreaded, he sets them down onto their own two feet.

they're reluctant to release their tiny grip from his shirt, but they do so regardless of their hesitance. a slight whimper rises in their throat when kaveh's warmth is gone from them.

kaveh hasn't ever really had to comfort children before.

he's... not sure what to do from here, quite frankly, so he does the first thing that comes to mind.

he leans forward, pressing the smallest, most hesitant of kisses to the crown of their head.

then, he stands up.

he doesn't get very far before one of their little hands is clutching his pant leg, and he inhales sharply, turning back to face them. "[name]..."

kaveh cuts himself off.

their eyes are wide, glittering with the sheen of unshed tears, and their bottom lip is split and cracked—they've either been picking at it or biting it, kaveh notes. how did he not notice before?

in their moment of sadness and stress, their accent peeks through a bit more heavily. it's in a shaky voice on the brink of breaking that they ask, "you promise you're gonna come back, right? you won't leave me, will you?"

...

kaveh earnestly believes he might cry about this when he gets home. oh well. alhaitham will simply have to deal with it.

for now, though, he doesn't cry. he can't.

the architect kneels back down to their height, wiping away the single tear that slid down their cheek with his calloused fingertips. "of course."

"you— you're not gonna leave me, right? you're not leaving me?"

"no. never. i promise, okay?" he whispers. "i'm here, okay? i'm always here if you need me. you just need to tell tighnari. he'll tell me you asked for me and i'll come back here. anytime."

kaveh briefly wonders if he'll regret making such a promise—his clients may suffer if they ask for him at a bad time—but then again...

he can't really say he ever will, not with the way they look at him with such vulnerable trust.

he can't regret it when they're putting their damaged trust into his hands.

please consider reblogging, it helps me out quite a lot!

[elexuscal]

I saw your post about chatgtp and here is a thought i had.

What sre these students also going to do about practical issues if they rely on something like chatgtp?

I don't know if they overly rely on it or not, but chatgtp ain't going to have solutions to the many hurdles life throws your way.

Hm. Well. I think folks who rely on ChatGPT will continue to rely on ChatGPT until it clearly and obviously screws them over.

That might be a big, obvious, well-publicized global incident. We've already had a couple, like that lawyer who lost his license after ChatGPT made up fake cases for her paperwork. It'd have to be something like that, but waaaay bigger scale, something pretty much no one could miss.

But frankly, I suspect it's going to be individual failures that everyone has to have on their own. Ask an LLM on how to fix their car, its advice ends up fucking the car up more, and now they have an expensive bill to make the lesson sink in. Ask ChatGPT to write something difficult for their significant other, and whoops, now you're having a big relationship fight. Ask ChatGPT a health question, end up getting super sick. ETC.

And once a person realises they can't use ChatGPT for everything, then it's not like their brains are irreparably damaged. I've seen a LOT of notes in the last two weeks that are people being like "you're damaging your brain" and like, I think that's a very bold statement to make. Generative AI hasn't been available for very long, so there can't be many studies on the subject to show one way or another. But even if we are, brains are resilient! it can recover from huge major stuff, like drug addiction and depression and brain surgery! it can and will recover from ChatGPT.

so i am not doomer about this, honestly, genuinely. but i do really hope we can nip this stuff in the bud before too many doctors and architects and policy makers and the like have to learn this lesson the hard way, because this does have the capacity to really hurt folks.

Which means we need to fix this problem at the source, and ask the question: why are So Many People using LLMs for their work?

And that's a broad and multi-faceted question and I don't think there's a single simple answer. But when it comes to education? I think a big portion is: overwork.

I remember seeing this scene a couple years after finishing secondary school and it resonated SO much. And my understanding is it's only gotten worse in the 10-ish years since I got my undergrad.

And it's not just the level of work.... It's the level of work where so much of it is pointless, or unnecessary.

On a micro-level, that's assignments created with no real thought about learning outcomes, just there to tick boxes. (Thinking of the time where we were told "we should have" kept diaries for all our extracurriculars 15 months into the two year IB course, and my whole year spent like two hours writing a whole bunch of fake ones retroactively). On the other side of the coin, it might be that assignment is genuinely important for learning that subject matter, but the person doesn't actually care about the subject matter, they just need a diploma, because society has decided a diploma is the magic piece of paper you need to get a job, and cost of living is rising crazily pretty much the world over, so you really Can't care about the sanctity of education or whatever.

When that happens, of course kids (and adults) are gonna start using ChatGPT as a shortcut. And while I'm certain there are some folks who are overusing it to the ridiculous amount, they're probably a minority, and we probably shouldn't overstate the problem.

So, uh. How to get people to stop relying so much on AI?

We need to start fixing education! And to start fixing education, we need to start fixing capitalism itself, because that's what's introducing many of the perverse incentives

Should be easy! No problem!

... by which of course I mean it's a huge problem, and knotty, and I don't know how to tackle it all. Why should I? I'm a rando on the internet. I used to teach, but only for a handful of years, and at mostly a kindergarten level. There are better qualified folks than I to propose education reforms.

But in the short term, I think cutting down a lot on homework, and having most essays and assignments written in-class by hand might be a good start.

[seat-safety-switch]

When it comes to alternative energy, there's lots of great solutions. Everybody loves solar power, where you put out a bunch of expensive panels and just collect all the free money that falls from the sky. Most people love hydroelectricity, where you spin a wheel with water and then laugh all the way to the bank. What doesn't get a lot of respect is wind power, where you put a giant spinning thing super high up in the air, and then harvest power from the winds of fate.

We can spend all day guessing about why that is: I think it's the fear of heights, in the same way that vaccination campaigns have to overcome the "needles scary" instinct that has been drilled into us by Hollywood celebrities and that very stern lady who gave us a hepatitis jab in junior high. That said, if we did spend all day talking said shit, then I'd be late to my new job, which is selling expensive wind-power solutions to the city.

"Didn't we ban you from the property last month?" asks the nice city architect I am meeting with. He is partially correct, in that I was banned from a city council meeting after throwing fists when they threatened to take away my free parking (in a neighbourhood I don't live in, but has gradually become "overflow" for the 1975-1981 Pontiac collection.) However, today I am operating in my professional capacity, as a corporation: the Switch Centripetal Assets Multinational. We are here to sell things that spin in the wind, and save the Earth at the same time.

Despite the uphill battle, I successfully convince Mr. Nosey that I am in fact my own identical twin brother. I roll that confidence boost into a big sale: several dozen partially-broken Dana 30 axles, with an old hood welded on one end to catch the breeze, and an old alternator welded onto the other. Works like a charm, and can light almost an entire string of Christmas tree lights if you're currently experiencing a hurricane. A few weeks later, we've successfully sunk them into the ground and cashed a large cheque consisting entirely of government cheddar, and I'm on my way to pick up a bunch more shitty old Mopars.

The best part is, nobody has to be afraid of heights, unlike with my sloppy European competition. They're about five and a half feet tall, due to their origins as a truck axle. You can walk right up to these suckers and service them, though I strongly recommend ducking if the wind is really blowing. Still, if you get decapitated by it, that will at least convince the doubtful to instead be cautiously afraid of its immense power. Nothing better for advertising.

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AU: Escaped, as well as Human Caine + Bubble

Relationships: Bunnydoll, Showtime, Gangle x Zooble, and Kinger x Queenie

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In this alternate universe Caine was actually the first human trapped in the digital circus game by his own brother, Able, because he wanted their company all to himself. But Caine figured out that if you twist the ear piece of the headset then you could leave the game. But to make sure Caine would not try to escape they trapped his six year old daughter Bethany (Bubble) in the game as well. They manipulated Caine and Bethany’s minds to make them believe they were AI, and so when new victims were trapped and were confused why Caine was an AI but could not do anything they gave him admin commands. They also made sure Bethany (Bubble) had no arms so IF Caine did end up remembering he would not leave because he would be leaving his daughter behind.

Caine and Bubble do end up remembering that they are real people and not AI thanks to all the members of the circus glitching into what we see Pomni enter in episode two with Gummigoo. They then leave thanks to Caine and enter the human world…

That’s when we learn that when one day passes in the digital world it is only an hour in the real world, so they haven’t missed much… if you don’t count Caine, Bethany and Kinger, as well as the rest which have been abstracted (and we also learn that when a human is abstracted they actually leave the digital world). That’s when we get everyone’s real names:

• Caine the Ringleader is actually Caine Eden, co-founder and head game designer for C&A, as well as a single father to his now (whatever age) year old daughter Bethany.

• Bubble the Assistant(?) is actually Bethany Eden, only daughter to Caine Eden.

• Kinger the Chess Piece is actually Kenneth King, AI specialist for C&A (thanks to the 7 years of computing science in episode 3), husband to Quinn King and father to Paige King.

• Queenie the Other Chess Piece is actually Quinn King, curator of insects (because she likes bugs), wife to Kenneth King and mother to Paige King.

• Pomni the Jester is actually Paige King, algorithm developer for C&A, daughter to Kenneth and Quinn King.

• Ragatha the Rag Doll is actually Ruth Ann, solutions architect for C&A, younger sister to Arthur Ann and Randy Ann.

• Jax the Rabbit is actually Jackson Burrow, app developer for C&A, older brother to Jane Burrow.

• Gangle the Mask is actually Gabriella Satin, team behind the design in making for games characters at C&A, twin sister to Gabriel Satin and girlfriend to Zara Parts

• Zooble the Rubix Cube is actually Zara Parts, games developer for C&A, partner to Gabriella Satin.

• Kaufmo the Clown is actually Kyle Smiles, machine learning engineer for C&A.

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Appearances can be all up to you and you do not need to keep the names or jobs I have listed on top.

Of course like my other prompts this is free to use and credit is not need. I was just bored and thought this was a good idea. And I’ll gladly take in suggestions that you think will be a good story and expand upon it.

[kamalkafir-blog]

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[tytarax]

Hi :”D

Now I'm thinking about a reader (sorry, as an introvert with social communication problems, I'm horrified, as I worked in a store for so long) who used to work in a service industry like a grocery store (taking «mental damage», fatigue, stress, sensory overload from working with people) and Zamasu (any, regular or yandere)

And all their communication literal:

Reader: your desire to destroy humans by genocide of the galaxy is disgusting

Zamasu: you…..

Reader: but where were you before when I was working and socializing with people? I was ready to beat them all up right in the workplace

Zamasu: …wait what….

Hey there!

Oh don't worry, I get you

This idea is gooood

Working in the service industry was more than just a job; it was a constant battle with fatigue, stress, and sensory overload. Sooo.... when Zamasu meets Y/N... let's just say that he didn't expect that.

The world had changed in a flash, the once bustling cities now lay in ruins, silent and empty. Zamasu's wrath had wiped out humanity, leaving only a handful of survivors scattered across the world. One such survivor, Y/N, navigated the desolate streets, scavenging for supplies and avoiding any signs of danger.

Y/N, who had once worked in the service industry, found an odd sense of peace in the silence. The constant noise, the endless interactions, the forced smiles, and the rude customers were all memories of a past life, now replaced by a haunting tranquility. Yet, there was a bitterness that lingered, a frustration that had never quite left.

As Y/N rummaged through an abandoned grocery store, the sound of footsteps echoed through the empty aisles. She tensed, gripping a makeshift weapon tightly in her hand. Turning a corner, she came face to face with none other than Zamasu, the architect of humanity's destruction.

His gaze was cold and unyielding, but Y/N met it with a mixture of defiance and curiosity.

"Your desire to destroy humans by genocide of the galaxy is disgusting," Y/N stated flatly, her voice echoing in the empty store.

Zamasu raised an eyebrow, clearly not expecting such a direct confrontation.

"But where were you before," Y/N continued, cutting him off, "when I was working and socializing with people? I was ready to beat them all up right here."

Zamasu blinked, clearly taken aback. "…wait, what?"

Y/N let out a dry laugh, shaking her head. "You think you're so righteous, wiping out humanity for their sins. But you missed the everyday struggles, the little wars we fought just to get through a day. The constant noise, the entitled customers, the sensory overload—do you have any idea what that does to a person?"

Zamasu stared at her, his expression shifting from confusion to a strange form of curiosity. "You hated them as well?"

"It's not that simple," Y/N replied, her grip on the weapon relaxing slightly. "I hated the way people treated each other, the way they treated me. But I didn't want them dead. I just wanted it to stop. I wanted a break."

Zamasu stepped closer, his gaze intense. "And now, do you find peace in this silence?"

Y/N looked around the empty store, the broken shelves, and the dust-covered floors. "Peace? Maybe. But it's lonely. And it's not the solution you think it is. Killing everyone didn't solve anything; it just created a new problem."

Zamasu's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"

"You talk about justice and purity, but you don't understand the complexities of human nature," Y/N said, meeting his gaze. "People can be terrible, but they can also be kind. They can learn, change, and grow. You took that chance away from them. And for what? To prove a point?"

For a moment, Zamasu seemed to ponder her words. The silence between them stretched, heavy with unspoken thoughts.

"You are an interesting mortal," he finally said, his tone less harsh. "Perhaps there is more to your kind than I realized."

Y/N shrugged, turning back to the shelves. "Maybe. But it's too late for that now, isn't it?"

Zamasu didn't respond, watching as Y/N continued her search for supplies. In the quiet of the aftermath, two unlikely survivors stood together, each grappling with the weight of their own existence.

And for the first time, Zamasu began to question if all the mortals were the same

Masterpost

DBS Masterlist

[cynautica]

One thing that kills me about Alyou is that for their relationship to develop you kind of have to address and utilize the isolation that goes unsaid in the game.

Like, we know Robin isn’t some social outcast. She enjoyed her work and was pretty outgoing. The only live interaction we get to see with another human is with Hal where he says she’ll be missed. She quite literally abandons everything to investigate Sam’s death on a harsh alien planet on the far reaches of the galaxy. She chooses to make herself an outcast. Anyone close to her that hears that is counting the days before she’s assumed dead and missing.

Al-an on the other hand is actively seeking his own people. The entire game is him looking for the other precursors, a goal we can only assume extends well beyond the game. Of which for Robin we can only assume two outcomes: they find the architects within her lifespan or they don’t.

If they do find the architects, how does their relationship fair? Does Robin get sent back to human civilization a hero to architects but a nobody to her own people? There’s no guarantee if she wrote about the precursors anyone would even believe her. Or, doing so makes her and the architects a target for Alterra. There’s no guarantee she’d ever be able to find a job she loved ever again, or, best case scenario her writings about the species make her famous. What then? Sure she might have money and fame, but she’ll no doubt never be able to talk to Al-an again with loads of questions still unanswered.

But what if Robin brings Al-an with her back to the human world? She doesn’t seem to have a lot of faith in humans not acting terrible, trying everything from putting him in a cage to keeping him as a trophy. He might get a kick out of being a science subject at first, but we know he’s not quick to make friends. Maybe he shares some advancements with the humans? If he trusts them that is.

The same goes in reverse in what if Robin stays for some time with architect society? They’d no doubt want to learn everything they could about humans resources willing. However it took Al-an a whole game to understand the nuances of human socialization before they even let him near one. I can’t imagine Robin being comfortable in a whole society full of very tall, very advanced, and very nosey aliens. Best case scenario Al-an shares his etiquette and respect with the other architects or they mostly ignore her. Even with this outcome Robin is still in a world not built for her in mind. She can still make friends with the architects, but they’d no doubt feel clinically asocial.

Then of course the third option, both are fully isolated. They neither find the architects and Robin chooses not to return to human civilization. They both have eachother to keep company, but they’ll always be alone. Humans are designed to seek other humans, and architects no doubt feel the same being social creatures. Sure one another might be “good enough” but there will always be that unmistakable feeling of solitude. Alone together, till one of them dies.

Then what? Does the other move on, driven purely by their desire for scientific conquest on the far reaches of the stars? Adopt a pet and live their life alone like Maida?

The closest thing to a perfect ending is that both the architects are alive and Robin chooses to return to human civilization, but both species are able to build a good working relationship. Both Al-an and Robin are regarded as heroes on both sides and still have the ability to talk every once in awhile. It would be really neat to see precursors join the supporting cast for subnautica 2, being our access port for advanced tech. But then us Rob-an shippers have to face the idea that their relationship would probably end with just friendship or both would still be ostracized for being weirdos

In any solution though there has to be some compromise. A perfect ending isn’t necessarily possible.

This is why I think Alyou should officially be classified as tragic yuri send tweet

[gaydivorcetual]

did marty get a new brain or what

NO AAKXKGJSJJTQ im avtually not sure if ive mentioned it before? now that I think abt it? maybe in passing?

edit: tl;dr at the end

So if ur in any settlement belonging to Koro, you have two options for jobs. The most common route are jibs related to Koro's creation. Mechanics, engineers, software specialists, obv theyre all part of that, but so are things like doctors, architects, etc etc. Its a fairly broad category. (Doctor is actually kinda a unique one tho bcs there are spacialist doctors who work directly on Koro and not regular ppl, and they're taken from the best students in each yesrly class)

BUT one of Koro's and the Grandmaster's saving graces is that they Do know certain professions unrelated to Koro are vital. BUT the basis of The Basilisk is "anyone who didnt put their all into helping to create Koro will be tortured", so its kinda hard to work that in.

Their solution is this thing called "family contracts" !!! Basically, you can apply to have your own business (artists, specialty chefs, authors, etc.) and if approved you and consenting family can run it for the low low price of donating part of your brain immediately and the rest of it upon death

You can actually choose which part you want. They have a firmer grasp on what parts of the brain do and where/how much you can take without immense harm being caused. Some ppl choose to lose certain senses like smell or taste (on rarer occasions touch, sight, or hearing might be taken but thats much less common), some might agree to losinf the ability to talk or to read if they're comfortable living without it. Its surprisingly common for ppl to choose to lose the abikity to feel most or all emotions, etc etc etc

ANYWAY. With a family contract you obv have to kose part of ur brain, as do any other adults in your family working with you. The contact also lasts as long as theres at least one person in the family running the business.

HOWEVER, children have the choice to not continue the family contract and instead go into Koro work. They have to decide by the time they're 20.

both Marty and Robbin originally went into Koro work (Marty and a doctor and Robbin as a parts designer), BUT Marty was kicked out from medical school nead the end due to assisting a patient in suicide. She did have the choice of choosing another career, but ended up agreeing to continue the family business (barbershop) instead. Because of this, she had to have part of her brain taken out. She chose parts that impacted personality, risk assessment, and emotional interest. As a result, she changed DRASTICALLY while not losing anything that would impact her medical skills (I mean... I'd say personality, risk assessment, and emotional skills ARE all important but you can only have so much). She did this so she could start an underground clinic w/ her knowledge

as a result tho she DRASTICALLY changed. Her previouslt bright and loud personality, similar to her brother Robbin, became very dull and mellow. She wasnt a particularly fearful person before, but she has less inhibition to dangerous things both for herlef and her patients esp. if it MIGHT help in healing. Her empathy was actually already p low so that didnt change v much.

TL;DR - no she just donated parts of it that were tied to personality, making her rlly mellow. So she could be a barber

[mariacallous]

Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED.

On Sunday, Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour. “The safety of air travel is a nonpartisan matter,” Musk replied. “SpaceX engineers will help make air travel safer.”

By the time these posts were made, though, according to sources who were granted anonymity because they fear retaliation, SpaceX engineers were already being onboarded at the agency under Schedule A, a special authority that allows government managers to “hire persons with disabilities without requiring them to compete for the job,” according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

These new hires come after the terminations of hundreds of FAA probationary employees, and the most deadly month of US aviation disasters in more than a decade.

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, none of the SpaceX engineers were fully vetted by their start date. Unlike the very young technologists associated with Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who have been given access to critical systems at agencies ranging from OPM and the Treasury Department to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in recent weeks, though, the engineers identified by WIRED—Ted Malaska, Thomas Kiernan, Sam Smeal, and Brady Glantz—do appear to have experience relevant to the FAA.

Malaska is currently, according to his LinkedIn profile, a senior director of application software at SpaceX, where he started working in May 2021. Formerly the senior director of data engineering at Capitol One and a senior architect at FINRA, he graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2000 and cowrote a 2015 book on Hadoop application architectures.

Kiernan is currently a lead software engineer at SpaceX, according to his LinkedIn page. Before joining SpaceX in May 2020, he worked at Wayfair and is a 2017 Dartmouth graduate.

Smeal is a software engineer who has worked at SpaceX since September 2021, according to his LinkedIn. He graduated from Saint Vincent College in 2018.

Glantz is a software engineer who has worked at SpaceX since May 2024 and worked as an engineering analyst at Goldman Sachs from 2019 to 2021, according to his LinkedIn, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019.

Malaska, Kiernan, Smeal, and Glantz did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FAA also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In his post on X, Duffy wrote, "Because I know the media (and Hillary Clinton) will claim Elon’s team is getting special access, let me make clear that the @FAANews regularly gives tours of the command center to both media and companies.”

But on Wednesday, FAA acting administrator Chris Rocheleau wrote in an email to FAA staff, viewed by WIRED, that DOGE and the teams of special government employees deployed in federal agencies were “top-of-mind,” before noting that the agency had "recently welcomed” a team of special government employees who had already toured some FAA facilities. “We are asking for their help to engineer solutions while we keep the airspace open and safe,” he wrote, adding that the new employees had already visited the FAA Command Center and Potomac TRACON, a facility that controls the airspace around and provides air traffic control services to airports in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas.

In a Department of Transportation all-hands meeting late last week, Duffy responded to a question about DOGE's role in national airspace matters, and without explicitly mentioning the new employees, suggested help was needed on reforming Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM) alerts, a critical system that distributes real-time data and warnings to pilots but which has had significant outages, one as recently as this month. “If I can get ideas from really smart engineers on how we can fix it, I’m going to take those ideas,” he said, according to a recording of the meeting reviewed by WIRED. “Great engineers” might also work on airspace issues, he said.

SpaceX functioned as the pre-inauguration staging ground for the DOGE team, according to reporting from The New York Times and sources who spoke to WIRED. In the months between November 5 and January 20, members of DOGE including Steve Davis (president of Musk’s Boring Company) and the young engineer Luke Farritor were operating out of the company’s DC office, according to a source with knowledge.

The company did not respond to questions about whether these employees will retain their salaries and positions at the company during their time with DOGE. Many of the so-called department’s operatives have joined as “special government employees,” who are limited to working 130 days in a year. Last week WIRED reported that Tom Krause, a DOGE operative at the Treasury Department, would continue to maintain his position as CEO of the Cloud Software Group while also performing the duties of fiscal assistant secretary. Other members of Musk’s companies, including xAI and Tesla, have also taken on positions with DOGE.

Late last week, the Trump administration laid off 400 FAA workers, according to their union, the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists. The union says these included probationary employees who worked on air traffic control communications and related radio and computer systems. Air traffic controllers were not affected by the layoffs, Duffy said in an X post.

Just two weeks before that, the US suffered its most deadly aviation incident in more than a decade, when 67 people died after an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet in Washington, DC. Though initial findings suggest complex equipment and communications issues possibly played roles in the disaster, President Trump was quick to blame “DEI,” railing against a decade-old program that helps the FAA identify talent among populations with disabilities. People with disabilities hired into the FAA and other federal agencies are often accepted under the Schedule A authority—exactly the route these new engineers have taken into the agency.

The FAA has frequently tangled with Musk’s SpaceX, as the rocket company and others fight to operate their own interests in crowded American airspace. In January, the FAA temporarily grounded SpaceX’s program after one of its Starship rockets broke apart midflight, reportedly damaging public property on Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. The FAA diverted dozens of commercial airline flights following the explosion and announced an investigation into the incident, which is ongoing and being led by SpaceX. Musk, however, characterized the failure as “barely a bump in the road” and did not seem to indicate that the investigation would slow SpaceX’s launch cadence. Last year, the company indicated it was aiming for 25 launches of the Starship in 2025.

FAA spokesperson Steven Kulm told WIRED that “the FAA is overseeing the SpaceX-led mishap investigation.” The FAA did not respond to further questions about whether the presence of SpaceX engineers at the agency would constitute a conflict of interest.

In September, the FAA proposed $633,000 in fines following two 2023 incidents in which SpaceX allegedly did not follow its license requirements, violating regulations. Responding to an X user posting about the penalties, Musk wrote, “The fundamental problem is that humanity will forever be confined to Earth unless there is radical reform at the FAA!” Shortly afterward, Musk called for FAA head Mike Whitaker to resign.

In January, more than three years before his term was due to end, Whitaker did resign.

“I told Elon, any conflicts, you can’t have anything to do with that,” said President Trump in a press conference this week, in response to a question about Musk, SpaceX, the FAA, and conflicts of interest. “So anything to do with possibly even space, we won’t let Elon partake in that.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

SpaceX is directly regulated by a small FAA agency called the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, which since 1984 has licensed the launch of US space rockets. “The purpose is to ensure public safety,” says George Nield, a former associate administrator of the office. “People on the ground did not consent” to rocket launches above them, he says. ”We absolutely need to keep them safe. The office has done a great job of that.” The office oversaw 157 launches in 2024 alone.

On February 10, several days after Musk posted on X that DOGE “will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,” a group of Democratic legislators wrote to Rocheleau—a career civil servant whose ties to the FAA go back to 1996—requesting information about any planned changes to FAA systems.

“We are extremely concerned that an ad hoc team of individuals lacking any expertise, exposure, certifications, or knowledge of aviation operations being invited, or inserting themselves, to make ‘rapid’ changes to our nation’s air traffic systems,” they wrote. “Aviation safety is not an area to ‘move fast and break things.’”

[bootstrapparadoxed]

WIP intro: Offspring of (Un)happy Days

Genres: horror, sci-fi, M/M romance, dark academia

Age category: adult

Setting: modern-ish day, Kraków, Poland

Comps: C.E. McGill "Our Hideous Progeny", M. Nemerever "These Violent Delights", D. Tartt "Secret History", H. Ennes "Leech"

Status: 50k into first draft

Themes: academic fraud and ethics, co-dependent relationships, PTSD and cPTSD, fear of death, loneliness, disability/neurodivergency, trans/queer experience in Eastern Europe

Pitch: When two researchers discover a horrifying truth about consciousness and death, their obsessive devotion to each other pushes them to do the unthinkable.

First line: "In our labs, we are small gods, clumsy architects of nature."

blurb and excerpt under the read more. moodboard by @brantleywrites on twitter

Blurb:

Kristian is a PhD student at the end of his rope. His scholarship is running out, his supervisor won’t let him defend, and he’s stuck at a third-rate institute with no support. As a last resort, he applies for an assistant position in a newly funded project – and ends up being the only candidate.

A connection quickly develops between him and his new boss, Leith. The two bond over their shared interests, and shared trauma. Soon, the platonic affection transforms into hungry romance. Somewhere deep down, Kristian knows that their love is more of a sick coping mechanism, but is unable to stop himself.

The tension rises when they accidentally discover a gruesome truth about brains, consciousness, and death. Any other scientist would announce this to the world and step away. Kristian and Leith conduct their experiments in secret, pushing the boundaries of ethics to advance the research. And their unquestioning devotion to each other is about to lead them into much darker places.

Excerpt (from chapter 4):

In order to fully assess the effects of a treatment (drug, pollutant, living condition, induced mutation, etc.), a scientist often needs a sample of tissue that has been washed of all unnecessary materials. A clear cut of brain, liver or intestine is best viewed when it has been infused with a fixative before being placed under a microscope. One way to achieve this is transcardial perfusion. I have performed it many times, preparing tissue samples for pathology comparisons. The protocol runs as follows: the animal is anesthetized but kept alive, after which the body is restrained, chest cavity opened, and a major blood vessel is connected to a supply of fixative. The animal’s still beating heart then does the job for you, carrying it to every point, through every capillary, until finally there is no blood left and the heart ceases to beat.

I had never gotten used to it. I am not a squeamish person and the sight of blood, urine, feces, pus, or any other biological substances does not disturb me. Many biology students deal quite well with formaldehyde preserved specimens but falter at freshly sacrificed animals. One young man had described to me the acute drop in blood pressure he felt the first time a dead rat had been placed in front of him. It wasn’t the sight (fluids, viscera, the undigested contents of the rat’s stomach) but the realization of such recent death. The tiny body still warm, motionless. Perhaps the human mind begins searching at once for the causes, and fears the proximity of whatever had killed another animal (and may be searching for its next victim). Regardless, the ability to deal with this horror is what often sorts students into specialties. Luckily, there are plenty of areas in biology that don’t require you come in contact with living vertebrates at all.

What I always wondered is whether it was possible to do transcardial perfusion on a human. Could one take a person, still living, put them under and replace their blood with some sort of protective substance? Perhaps a solution that would allow them to be frozen, preserved in a box like a packet of fish sticks, waiting for a better time. Keep them on the verge between life and death for decades to then defrost them and pump four liters of blood back into their body. Would the brain survive such a process? Would the mind? Could someone do this to me at the shortest notice and keep me asleep until S. would retire (or die) and someone else would be placed on his cases, so that I could graduate at last?